OTTAWA - Canada will soon begin sharing biometric information and other data about visa applicants with the United States — which then may provide it to third countries under a newly signed treaty. It means the fingerprints or photo of someone who hopes to visit, study or work in Canada could be passed to Washington, which in turn might share them with another country to help verify the person's identity.:::MORE HERE:::
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PrivacySOS asks "Why didn't NCTC stop the Newtown shootings?" and suggests we"Haul the NSA before Congress"
My take on the #NCTC spying programbit.ly/UnDqvT
— Chris Calabrese (@CRCalabrese) December 13, 2012
NCTC - The Little Known Spy Agency That Knows Your Flight Plans And Much More
Unprecedented Powers for Warrantless Surveillance
AFRICA and MIDDLE EAST
Send an SMS message with your National ID to 5151 to know where's your voting place #EgyptConstitutionReferendum #Egypt via @reemelmeleegy
— Hany Farouk Ghoraba (@Hanyghoraba) December 14, 2012
Ghana's Biometric Voting
Nigeria's national ID heralded as path to getting self employed, resistant Nigerians into the banking system
ASIA
CHINA: 22 Children wounded today in knife attack, National ID now required for Knife purchase
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